Your beautiful sunset across Derbyshire in pictures

We all know how lucky we are to live in beautiful Derbyshire - especially when we get to see glorious sunsets like the one that graced the sky last night.
Our readers have been sharing their beautiful pictures as the "sky candy" as the sun set across the region.
But WHAT is it that makes the sky turn shades of pink and orange?
The Met Office says: "To begin, we need to understand how we see colour. Light travels from the sun and through the atmosphere in invisible waves. Light that looks white to us, is actually made up of many different colours of differing wavelengths. For... read more

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